Collections made by Barbara Curtis

25 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 25 m tall. Single trunk, yellowish and somewhat powdery. Strong, paired, hooked thorns. Branches come out somewhat horizontally. Leaves large and feathery, with more than 15 pinnae pairs and a very large, squat, petiolar gland. Flowers: cream coloured, in long spikes. Fruits: pods papery - leathery, long and narrow, reddish brown.

8 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 8 m tall. Trunk simple, somewhat rough but yellowish. Spines long and narrow, younger ones short. Leaves with 15 pinnae pairs, pinnules small and closely packed. Large gland at base of first pinnae pair. Can get into very large trees with spreading canopy. Common. Voucher for Tree Atlas Project.

1.6 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 1.6 m high. Yellowish green stems. Straight white thorns with darker tips.

6 m high; Tree; Shrub; Notes: Tree or multistemmed shrub, 6 m high. Trunk yellowish with dark, rough areas. Leaves dark green above, lighter below, velvety. Leaflets large, almost rectangular, asymmetric. Voucher for Tree Atlas Project.

Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 3 m high and 5 m in diameter. Old leaves. Very rounded, cannot see stems inside.

2 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 2 m tall, broken by elephants. Also collected at Schuckmannsburg. Leaves markedly discolorous, hairy, prominent vein. Voucher for Tree Atlas Project.

Shrub; Notes: Shrub with soft branches and leaves, up to 1.5 m high. Stems grey, brown. Good wood for fire.

Notes: Leaves: obovate, smooth, hairless, alternate, discolorous.

Notes: Flowers: yellow trumpet flower with red lines in throat. Sandy plain. Mixed woodland.

Tree; Notes: Tree, 4 m high. Sandy plain, Mopane/Terminalia sericea woodland.

Tree; Notes: Tree, up to 8 m high. Dark, rough bark. Fruit ovoid with a few remains of calyx. Leaves discolorous. Mopane woodland.